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In a previous post, I introduced the heroine of my second book Italy Ever After. Now, in time for Valentine's Day (and the cover reveal happening on 15 February!!!), meet the hero, Nick Romano. Nick (Mr Romano to you) is a kind, quirky music teacher at a primary school in South London. He's thirty-two (yes, … Continue reading And now, meet Nick

It's my birthday and I wouldn't usually blog about that, but this birthday is special. It's not a round number or a significant milestone, it will be a pandemic birthday, so no celebrations (except I'm going to grab lunch from our local Vietnamese), but I wove this birthday into the main character in my next … Continue reading Meet Lou

I'm becoming more aware that, ever since I started writing exclusively in deep POV (deep point-of-view i.e. everything in the scene is inside the head of one character or another), my narratives are increasingly influenced by unreliable narration. It's fascinating to see how these techniques in writing interact. My Christmas Number One was a learning … Continue reading The Unreliable Narrator

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic calendar, which means that tonight in Colombia, they celebrate the Día (or Noche) de las Velitas. The customs differ slightly from region to region (and even from family to family), but everyone across the country will light candles, sometimes thousands of them all grouped … Continue reading Día de las Velitas

It's finally December and we're all allowed to rev up for Christmas, and not just us authors who write Christmas books all year! Those of you who've read My Christmas Number One will know it's not quite the Hallmark movie, snow-and-candy-canes Christmas story you might expect and can really be read at any time of … Continue reading Christmas is Coming

This Sunday (29 November) is the #WinterWarmer Readalong day on social media and in the Chick Lit and Prosecco Facebook group! A group of authors have banded together to read each other's books and talk about them, as well as extra fun stuff. You can follow along on the hashtag. I've volunteered to do a … Continue reading #WinterWarmer Readalong

My interview with Liz Donatelli has gone live! It was so much fun chatting about my characters and the story of how My Christmas Number One came to be and Liz does an amazing job editing everything together into a snappy fifteen minutes, with lots of fun and games, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMjvuqdaDvI

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYBb3RhpSL8 Book trailer by Donna Gowland for My Christmas Number One I've set up a YouTube channel! There has been so much fun content for My Christmas Number One in the works, that I decided to set up a YouTube channel to keep it all together, as so I can do fun things like embed … Continue reading Book Trailer and Videos

Fitting for a book about music, the playlists for My Christmas Number One are EXTENSIVE! I've finally managed to curate it down to two playlists of songs that are embedded in the book and I thought I'd post them here so readers can listen along! The first playlist has already been out in the world … Continue reading Playlists

As the Christmas season ramps up, there are more reviews and reactions coming in for My Christmas Number One. All reviews (yes, even bad ones) are important to a new author. Internet algorithms (particularly from one retailer with a jungly name) are influenced by the number of reviews, as well as sales, so books can … Continue reading All the Feelings